Improvement in combined corner-iron and trunk-hinge



M. MAI ER. Combined Corner-Iron and Trunk-Hinge.

No. 214,932. Patented April 29,1879.

".FETERS. PHOfO-UTHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN MAIER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED CORNER-IRON AND TRUNK-HINGE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,932, dated April29, 1879; application filed October 5, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN MAIER, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne andState of Michigan, have invented anlmprovement in Trunk-Hinge andCorner-Iron, of which the following is aspecification.

The nature of my invention relates to new. and useful improvements inthe construction of corner-irons, hinges, and stays or braces for trunkscombined; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction andarrangement of the parts, wherein will be found simplicity, cheapness,and strength, combined with an easy adjustment not usually found in suchdevices, the parts being constructed and arranged to operate as morefully hereinafter set forth and described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved devicefrom the inside as in use, and when the top of the trunk is open Fig. 2is a vertical cross-section through the center of the connection betweenthe two parts. Fig. 3 is a rear perspective of the two parts detached.Fig. 4 is a like View of the two parts attached together as, in use, andwhen the top of the trunk is closed down upon the body thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Arepresents a corner-iron designed to be secured to the top and rearcorner of a trunk-bod y, the top of the iron and trunk-body being on thesame plane. The top of the iron is cut away, forming two recesses, a. a,between which is the hook b, the top of which is-upon the same planewith the top of the iron. At the base of this hook the iron is thickenedon the outside, and the hook springs from the top of this projection 0upwardly and inwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, the upper inner end of saidhook terminating on the same vertical plane with the inner face of thatpart of the corner-iron.

B represents a corner-iron designed to be secured to the lower rearcorner of the trunktop, the lower edges of said top and corneriron beingon the same plane. From the lower face of this iron there projectsdownward the eye d, its base slightly offsetting from the inner face ofthe iron, while the outer face of the eye is in the same vertical planewith the outer face of said iron. Immediately above the base of the hookthe iron is thickened outwardly, forming a projection, e, terminating ina shoulder, c.

In practice the part B is secured to its position as described, and thetop of the trunk is then placed in position on top of the body. Thepart- A is secured to the body as described, so that the hook I) engageswith the eye 0?, inclosing the same on all sides, except the front,which is inclosed by the body-wall, and thus the parts are preventedfrom becoming detached, except by theremoval ot the part B.

I am aware that there are in use and patented several descriptions ofcorner irons, hinges, and stays combined, and I disclaim any part ofsuch devices as so employed; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A trunk-hinge consisting of the part A, provided with recesses a a, hookI), and pro: jection c, and the part B, provided with eye 01 andshoulder 0', said parts constructed and 0p eratin g substantially asshown and described.

MARTIN MAIER.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, CHAS. J. HUNT.

